#4E8AE5#4E8AE5

#4E8AE5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.151 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AE5
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 229)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 39.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, 9.24, -51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 52.74, 280.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.03 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.151 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3681, 25.4512, 77.6365)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AE5 #E5A94E

analogous

#4ED5E5 #4E8AE5 #5E4EE5

triadic

#4E8AE5 #E54E8A #8AE54E

tetradic

#4E8AE5 #E54ED5 #E5A94E #4EE55E

square

#4E8AE5 #E54ED5 #E5A94E #4EE55E

split-complementary

#4E8AE5 #E55E4E #D5E54E

monochromatic

#184EA1 #1F68D6 #4E8AE5 #83ADED #B9D1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#4E8AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#4E8AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AE5

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AE5	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6192E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.151 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eabee',
    500: '#4e8ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ae5;
$custom-light: #8eabee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.159,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63634,
    "c": 0.15094,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AE5

secondary

#E4CDAA

accent

#870FD7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AE5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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